| John Thornley | |
| Fullname: | John William Thornley[1] |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Hayfield, England |
| Death Place: | Pas-de-Calais, France |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 1902–1906 |
| Clubs1: | Glossop |
| Caps1: | 5 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1905 |
| Clubs2: | Manchester United |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
John William Thornley (19 September 1885 – 31 March 1918) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop as a forward.[2] [3]
Thornley was born in September 1885 in Hayfield, Derbyshire to Thomas and Henrietta Thornley and was baptised the following March in Whitfield, Derbyshire. His elder brother Irvine was also a footballer.[4] In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Thornley enlisted as a private in the Cheshire Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of St Quentin and died of his wounds on 31 March 1918. Thornley was buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery.